As usual our visit with Alice makes you ponder a lot of things.  A wise woman she is.  And to live to be 92 (almost 93), still living on her own and fully engaged is absolutely amazing.  If you think of what she’s lived through in history it’s pretty crazy.

My ‘take aways’ from our visit on words of wisdom and perhaps some things to ponder so you too may live to be 92 and see your Great Grandchildren:

1.  Live frugally (buy only what you need and don’t waste)–seems like pretty good advice given our environmental impact these days and the current economy

2.  All things in moderation

3.  Enjoy the finer things in life when possible (a glass of wine, and oh yeah, when we were there she said “‘ooh gah aye’ I’d love a nice piece of toast, a bit of egg and some gorgeous caviar”…you don’t have to be rich to enjoy nice things)

4.  Take care of your body:  eat well, get plenty of sleep and exercise as long as your body allows it.

5.  Remember, you only have one family so take care of them.

6.  Have a strong sense of faith (no matter your beliefs, believe in something and follow your beliefs)

7.  Do not judge and believe that there is a little good in everyone (you may just have to search for it…)

Off to Greece in a few hours.  We have a very long layover in Athens so we are going to try to hit the Acropolis.

We arrive in Rhodes around 2pm and will be getting a rental car for a few days to get ourselves sorted.

Very excited to be settling into somewhere for 6 weeks so we can just “live” a bit.

Internet update:  the owners of the new villa have offered their wireless card for us to use and the rental agency said we can use there office whenever we want.  Very nice and things seem to be coming together again.

Down to 3 bags now and already happier to be a bit “lighter.”

Planning to put together some packing tips in the next few days.